Isn’t it strange how words are used for a long period of time, and then become unfashionable and are seldom heard of again? Words like chaste and cavalier, abomination and zealot. 2 Peter 1:5 says: Make every effort to add to your faith moral excellence, and to moral excellence knowledge. 'Excellence' is a word we hear [...]
We have all played that game, He loves me . . . he loves me not It is apparently a game of French origin according to Wikipedia, in which one person seeks to determine whether the object of their affection returns that affection or not. A person playing the game alternately speaks the phrases “He (or she) [...]
There are so many “isms” in this modern world. Some are glorious. Others are evil. Many are misunderstood. There is one particular “ism” that seems to strike a raw nerve amongst many Christians. I’m speaking of “evangelism.” Webster (a fine Christian fellow), tells us that evangelism is n. the preaching or promulgation of the Christian [...]
Everything that happens in this world happens at the time God chooses. - Ecclesiastes 3:1 Whether our lives are long or short, we have to live it one day at a time. Those 24 hours can be mundane, exciting, terrifying, boring, full of meetings and experiences. Your life that day may be filled with illness, [...]
If you read through the book of Exodus, it didn’t take long to realize that the Israelites complained. Continuously. Back in Egypt they had pots of meat and all the food they could eat. (Of course, they seemed to forget that they were also slaves being worked to death.) Now they didn't have meat, enough [...]
I carried the baggage of my childhood around for years I grew up in a mostly normal, somewhat entertaining, occasionally bellicose, often denial-ridden Italian-American household. If your family is dysfunctional, take a number; it all goes back to Adam and Eve. Although I made a deliberate choice to follow Jesus at age fifteen, I continued [...]
Every woman who gives in to the temptation to chase after more and put herself in charge of every crisis and opportunity within reach quickly becomes the creator, producer, director, choreographer, executer, and consumer for every holiday, milestone, church event, and family plan. No wonder we’re exhausted! So when you find yourself trapped on the [...]
Your personal grooming and image is your personal branding Be confident in your image. Never apologise for who you are. It is our individual uniqueness that makes the world such a colourful place. Your life deserves to be underscored with confidence. Stand up straight, shoulders square, and look people straight in the eye when you [...]
I sat in the village on a worn woven mat beneath two looming trees that offered shade from the hot summer sun. Women sat beside me, feeding their babies and holding squirming toddlers while we worshiped and prayed together. As my husband began teaching, I noticed a mass of tiny red ants next to the [...]
